Improvement in metallic pens



PATENT rrlcn.

RICHARD GRISVOLI), OF BAINBRIDGE, NEIV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC PENS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 35,312, dated May 2Q, ISG?.

To all whomy it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD GRIswoLD, of Bainbridge, in the county of Chenango and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Pens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tov the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a'perspective view of a pelrwith my improvement applied to it; Fig. 2, a detached view of my improvement.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in applying to an ordinarymetallicpen a plate which is fitted in the slit of the pen, and arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the pen is rendered capable of holding a much larger amount of ink than usual, so as to avoid as frequent dipping or replenishing, and cause the pen when in. use to shed the ink freely without the liability of making blank or imperfect .marks or strokes, and also to insure the marks or strokes being-made of a width equal to the spread of the pen, whether the same becoarse or fine.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct mylinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a metallic pen, which may be of any proper form and provided with a straight slit, ct, of the usual length.

B is a plate, which is slottedlongitudinally a certain distance, as shown at b. (See more particularly Fig. 2.) This slotb is sufficiently wide to receive the pen A at the back, of the slit a, and admit of the plate B being fitted in the slit, and so as to project both above and below it, as shown in Figi- The plate B projects both from the upper and lower surfaces of the pen at right angles, and extends back to about the center of the pen, the front part of the plate extending not quite to the point or nib. The upper edge of the plate B is slightly curved at its front part, as shown at c, so as to gradually approach the upper sur-V of ink when the pen is dipped. The plate I also keeps the slit open at its point and al lows the pen to shedthe ink freely, but only in proper quantity, as use demands, while it insures a mark or stroke being made the whole width of the spread of the pen, whether it be fine or coarse. Another advantage attending the use of the plate B is that in consequence of ink being held on the upper surface of the pen in full view of the writer the latter can see when the pen requires replenishing, and

can therefore alwf ys dip and supply the same before ,it is fully exhausted.

The improvement will not add materially to the cost ofV construction, and it will serve as an admirable substitute for a fountain-pen, as it will hold a sufficient quantity of ink to write an ordinary page of foolscap.

I-Iavin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

A pen, A, provided with a longitudinal plate, B, inserted in'its slit a, so as to project above and below the pen about at right angles therewith, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' RICHARD GRISIVOLD.

1Witnesses:

JOHN D. NEWELL, I. M. PACKARD, J. BEDIENT. 

